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He Won What?
My turn to weigh in on Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, now that the noise from exploding right winger heads is finally diminishing.
Has Obama accomplished much of anything. No, not really. (Not that anyone ever really does accomplish anything remotely resembling peace.) He hasn't achieved any ends. But I will say, that Obama has changed the means. Having a calm, intelligent, reasonable and pleasant man conduct discussions and diplomacy is a 180 turn from bomb first, ask questions later, bullying, torturing, feeling up the Chancellor, etc. So no, he hasn't finished anything. But he has changed the process from the whip to the carrot and that can't be a bad thing.
Has Obama accomplished much of anything. No, not really. (Not that anyone ever really does accomplish anything remotely resembling peace.) He hasn't achieved any ends. But I will say, that Obama has changed the means. Having a calm, intelligent, reasonable and pleasant man conduct discussions and diplomacy is a 180 turn from bomb first, ask questions later, bullying, torturing, feeling up the Chancellor, etc. So no, he hasn't finished anything. But he has changed the process from the whip to the carrot and that can't be a bad thing.